Gilbert dominates JuniorWRC in Monte-Carlo

Quentin Gilbert opened the FIA Junior WRC season with a commanding victory at Rallye Monte-Carlo on Sunday.

The Frenchman lived up to his billing as favourite by winning the category in the four-day event by 2min 23.7sec from Germany’s Christian Riedemann.

Gilbert restarted this morning with a 3min 45sec lead and cruised through the final three stages for a convincing victory.

“It was a perfect weekend and maximum points in the opening round is a great start to the championship. We had no problems with the car, but we had to concentrate hard and be careful in the difficult conditions,” said Gilbert.